Man Indicted for Murder in Officer Shooting

A Gwinnett County grand jury has indicted Kevin Andrews Jr. in the February shooting that killed Senior Officer Pradeep Tamang and wounded Master Police Officer David Reed. (fox5atlanta.com) (11alive.com) Gwinnett County District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson said prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Andrews, 35, when the case goes to trial. (wsbtv.com) (fox5atlanta.com) The indictment includes malice murder, felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, three counts of unlawful criminal gang activity, identity fraud, and firearm charges tied to a convicted felon. (11alive.com) (fox5atlanta.com) Investigators said the shooting happened on Feb. 1 at about 7:55 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Express, 1790 East Park Place Boulevard near Stone Mountain, after officers were sent to check a credit card theft report. (gbi.georgia.gov) (11alive.com) The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said officers learned Andrews had an active DeKalb County failure-to-appear warrant, tried to arrest him, and were met with gunfire inside the hotel room. (gbi.georgia.gov) (11alive.com) Tamang, 25, died from his injuries. Reed survived after being shot in the neck; testimony cited by WSB-TV said his injuries left him partially deaf, with facial paralysis and vision problems. (ajc.com) (wsbtv.com) Authorities said officers returned fire and Andrews suffered non-life-threatening injuries before he was taken into custody. (gbi.georgia.gov) (11alive.com) Tamang was a Nepal native and had been with the Gwinnett County Police Department for less than a year when he was killed. His death was the department’s first line-of-duty loss since 2018. (ajc.com 1) (ajc.com 2) The case now moves toward a capital prosecution, with Andrews facing both homicide counts and gang allegations in one of Gwinnett County’s highest-profile criminal cases this year. (fox5atlanta.com) (11alive.com)